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October 2013
October 9, 2013


Photo: The Cannondale team...
Basso to stay as Amadio works to extend Sagan's contract. (cyclingnews.com)






Photo: Richie Porte (Sky) seems to be enjoying his time riding in Colorado.
Long season almost over for Australian. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Cameron Meyer lone overall leader after Pieter Weening withdrawal.
Cameron Meyer lone overall leader after Pieter Weening withdrawal.





Photo: Former world time trial champion Michael Rogers...
Rory Sutherland also fired up to perform strongly for Saxo Tinkoff team. (velonation.com)





Races & Results.
Tour of Beijing - Oct 11-15 (Stages),
2014 Giro d'Italia - May 10, 2014 (Stages),
Il Lombardia - Oct 6 (Results),
Tour of Tasmania - Sept 29-Oct 6 (Results),
UCI Road World Championships - Sept 22-29 (Results),
Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Results),
Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Results),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Results).






Photo: ll this and Emilia with live video!
This week is a great, great time to be a cycling fan. Nearly each day something awesome happens, with several distinct plot threads leading up to a weekend of racing madness. (podiumcafe.com)





Photo: Jonathan Hivert has signed a one-year contract with Belkin Pro Cycling.
Frenchman goes Dutch again after the collapse of Sojasun team. (velonation.com)





Photo: The accelerometer and 3G connection are key to the real novelty of Bike+.
Wi-MM, a start-up based in Santa Clara, CA, aims to make it harder to steal your cycle with its new product Bike+, a combination alarm system and cycling computer. (engadget.com)





Photo: The RT-1 here is their top-of-the line Ti frame, made from custom butted size specific 3/2.5 titanium tubes.
You can have your Mosaic frame in titanium or steel, and they’ll build you a track, road, cyclo-cross, gravel racer or mountainbike. (road.cc)





Photo: Zipp 303 Firecrest Carbon Clincher Disc.
Six wheels from carbon clinchers to tubeless and even road disc. (road.cc)





Photo: The sole is 100% carbon fiber and has a replaceable rubber cleat pocket.
If you were to design a shoe specifically for cross, what would it be? Giant toe spikes? Check. Replaceable sole pieces? Check. (bikerumor.com)






















Photo: Chris Horner (RadioShack) completes the final stage.
Trek still an option for the Vuelta winner. (cyclingnews.com)







Photo: Luis Leon Sanchez is being eased out of the Belkin Procycling team with a payoff. (atwistedspoke.com)
Linked to too many doping stories, say team. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Jurgen Van de Walle (Lotto-Belisol)...
Lotto-Belisol domestique to bow out on Friday.  (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: The Dubai Tour jersey was on show at the presentation.
Dubai Tour staff visit il Lombardia before inaugural race in 2014. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: These machines are the opposite of cycling as by definition they prevent you from going anywhere..
With autumn closing in and the days getting shorter many in the northern hemisphere will using an indoor trainer. (inrng.com)





Photo: And there’s no movement without ample exhaust.
"This round of more cool cycling gear from Interbike 2013 covers you from the top down as we look at head gear from POC, eyewear maker Bolle’s return, Gore Bike Wear’s latest kit, fine footwear from Lake Shoes, and some training gear from Wahoo Fitness that’ll make you sweat – all in a good way." (pezcyclingnews.com)





Photo: Above are potential color options they may offer, or can be ordered in small (but reasonable) quantities as custom orders.
Having successfully gotten through Kickstarter and launching their modular mini tools, Fixit Sticks is expanding their offerings and showing off a few prototypes of things to come. (bikerumor.com)





Photo: It’s long been known that bike riders are more susceptible to having weaker bones.
The very reason riding a bike is easy on your joints makes it less beneficial for your bones. Here’s how to shore up your skeleton and stay injury-free. (bicycling.com)





Photo: Shimano offshoot pro introduced time trial saddles for men and women at the main show, with the Aero Fuel set to be the range topper.
Fairdale, State, Chrome, Electra, Tern, Sombiro, C-Drive, Shimano and Pro. (bikebiz.com)





Photo: A new mould design and a higher-grade 7050 carbon means it's lost 120g in weight.
Having been around a few years now, Quebec brand Argon has given its range-topping Gallium Pro a 2014 redesign. It's more or less a clean sheet, with just the name remaining. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)





Photo: Lock8 will have a built-in 120bD alarm.
Phone alerts & tamper sensors included in high-tech lock. (road.cc)










Photo: PEZ Daily Distraction.


















Photo: Lance Armstrong miracle - the great hero who recovered from cancer to dominate the sport.
Usually drugs in sport are the subject of universal condemnation, but have they actually made things more interesting? (bbc.co.uk)





Photo: Alberto Contador is one of a few bright spots left in Spanish cycling. Photo: Graham Watson.
The Spanish armada, which has dominated and influenced the international peloton over much of the past two decades, is taking on water fast. (velonews.com)





Photo: Joaquim Rodríguez clinched his third WorldTour title in four years on Sunday at the Giro di Lombardia. Photo: Graham Watson.
Chris Froome (Sky) is throwing the towel in on his 2013 season despite being tantalizingly close to the WorldTour’s No. 1 ranking. (velonews.com)





Photo: Michele Scarponi (Lampre-Merida) was voted most combative.
Italian set to choose between Lampre-Merida, Astana, Cannondale and Europcar. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Orica GreenEdge rider Simon Gerrans is continuing to recover from the fractured hip.
Australian back on bike after Vuelta fracture, will ride Santos Tour Down Under and possibly Herald Sun Tour. (velonation.com)





Photo: All smiles for Team Argos-Shimano as Kirsten Wild both won stage 3 and took over the race lead.
Dutch team continues to grow. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: heart rate and perceived exertion are often used as estimates of power output and exercise intensity.
Regarding power, heart rate, and perceived exertion it’s important to realize that all are a measure of intensity and that all have a strong relationship between one another. (competitivecyclist.com)





Photo: I for one feel the efforts of the past four weeks of back-to-back UCI races.
Last weekend’s Providence Cyclocross Festival came at the end of the first big block of racing for most cyclocrossers in the Northeast. (pelotonmagazine.com)





Photo: Fortified are offering bike lights that will last forever. Yep, forever.
Indestructable bike lights, intelligent bike lights, a boot for your bike and, a simple shifter. (road.cc)





Photo: Those at the top end already using the new tech are Sebastian Kienle who took first at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship.
If you race at the top end you need top end stuff. Now the top end stuff just got that much better. Zipp calls it an improvement of the “coolness-to-weight ratio.” (bikerumor.com)





Photo: Schwalbe Ultremo Aqua Tire.
Eight products that let you soak in the fun without getting drenched. (bicycling.com)


























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